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Reynolds back on the mat
Robert Miller
Devin Reynolds, a 2013 graduate of McNary High School, placed third at NAIA Nationals for Grand View University, after not be-
ing able to wrestle for nearly two years.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Wrestling at the 2017 U.S. Open Championships, Devin
Reynolds looked to the mat next to his and saw David Taylor, a
two-time NCAA champion from Penn State and member of the
United States World Freestyle Team.
Reynolds, himself a two-time state champion while at Mc-
Nary, had come a long way since a series of concussions ended
his career at Oregon State.
After the national tournament, Reynolds would go even fur-
ther.
Reynolds decided to sign with the Beavers in 2013 after fi n-
ishing his fi nal high school season 45-0.
As a redshirt freshman, Reynolds went 23-9 and placed third
in the Pac-12 in 2015 in his fi rst season at Oregon State.
“It’s a kid’s dream come true to wrestle at a D-I level,” Reyn-
olds said. “The competition was intense and it was everything a
young wrestler could want.”
But Reynolds suffered a concussion early in his sophomore
season and couldn’t heal fast enough to get back into the lineup.
But he kept trying even through persistent concussion symptoms.
“I knew the longer I was out, the more I was going to miss,”
Reynolds said. “(Oregon State head coach) Jim (Zalesky) was
heavy on if you want to wrestle in the lineup, you’ve got to show
it in competition. It doesn’t matter who you beat in the practice
room. It was all about how we performed and I wanted to get out
there and wrestle.”
Right before the holidays at a tournament in Spokane, Reyn-
olds dreams of making a comeback were shattered when he took
a knee to the face, breaking his nose and giving him another
concussion.
He agreed to take a medical hardship, which meant Reynolds
could keep his scholarship and fi nish school. But he would never
wrestle for Oregon State again.
“It was a pretty low point in my life, losing what I thought was
my last chance to wrestle in my life,” Reynolds said.
Wanting to stay in the sport, Reynolds reached out to his for-
mer high school coach, Jason Ebbs, about being an assistant at
McNary and spent the 2016-17 season with the Celtics.
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Holiday wins all-city swim meet
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Holiday Swim Club used
two hands to bring home the
Salem-Keizer All-City Cham-
pionship, dethroning North-
wood by 1.5 points, 419 to
417.5, on Saturday, July 28.
Holiday won fi ve medley
relays (8-and-under girls and
boys, 9-10 girls, 11-12 boys
and 15-18 girls) to open up
a lead early. But Northwood
came in strong down the
stretch by sweeping the girls
and boys 11-12 and 13-14
freestyle relays as well as win-
ning the 15-18 boys free relay.
Holiday’s girls scored 240.5
of the overall team’s points.
Alex Beard won the 15-18
girls butterfl y, backstroke and
breaststroke. Twin sister, Bella,
placed fi rst in the individual
medley and free.
Claire Hicks won the
8-and-under IM and Olivia
Anderson took fi rst in the
8-and-under fl y.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Michael Hudgins, left, won the 8-and-under boys freestyle and
backstroke for Holiday at the all-city swim meet on Saturday,
July 28. Holiday swimmer Addison Castronovo cheers on her
medley relay team.
Kyra Norstrom won the
11-12 fl y.
Holiday’s girls also fi nished
fi rst in the 8-and-under and
9-10 free relays.
Northwood’s boys led its
team, scoring 219 points.
Zander Rhoades won the
13-14 back, IM and fl y. Jabez
Rhoads took fi rst in the 15-18
free and fl y.
Please see CHAMPS, Page B2
Volcanoes end July with winning record
VOLCANOES
BASEBALL
This Week
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9
vs. VANCOUVER Candians
6:35 p.m.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
vs. VANCOUVER Candians
6:35 p.m.
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
The Volcanoes learned Tuesday why
the Everett AquaSox are on top of the
Northwest League’s Northern Divi-
sion.
Everett took an early lead, Salem-
Keizer tied the score at 2 in the bot-
tom of the second inning, and then the
visitors came back with three runs in
the third and ended up winning 12-6.
Connor Hoover led off the Aqua-
Sox fi rst inning with a double to left
center fi eld and reached third base
as the next batter, Bobby Honey-
man, grounded out. Cal Raleigh then
grounded out but scored Hoover in
the process.
In the top of the second, Charlie
McConnell hit a one-out infi eld single
as fi rst baseman Wander Franco lost the
ball in the sun. Jansiel Rivera singled
to left. McConnell scored and Rivera
went to second on a throwing error by
left fi elder Diego Rincones.
The Volcanoes’ fi rst run came after
David Villar walked with one out in
the second. Franco doubled him home
and scored on a single to right by Aar-
on Bond.
Honeyman led off the Everett third
with a single to center and went to
third as Raleigh singled on a grounder
to left. Nick Rodriguez singled to left
off Franco’s glove, scoring Honeyman.
Connor Kopach drove Raleigh and
Rodriguez home with a triple to right
center.
Justin Grimm, a major league veter-
an on rehabilitation, relieved Michael
Plassmeyer as the Volcanoes came to
bat in the third. Jose Layer led off with
a walk, Rincones singled to left, and
Villar singled to center with two out,
scoring Layer. Rincones was thrown
out trying to reach third on the play,
and the inning ended with Everett
leading 5-3.
Ivan Fortunato took the mound
for the AquaSox as the bottom of the
fourth started, and Robinson Medrano
led off with a home run to right cen-
ter. Everett’s lead was cut to 5-4.
It was an unusually rough start on
the mound for the Volcanoes’ Gregory
Santos, and Mark Meyer relieved him
to start the sixth.
Villar hit a one-out single to left in
the Volcano sixth, but Fortunato re-
tired the next batter. Ben Oyshko re-
placed him on the mound and got the
third out.
In the Everett seventh, Raleigh hit a
double to right center, and Josh Stow-
ers drove him in by doing the same
thing. A wild pitch moved Stowers to
third, and Kopach scored him with a
double down the left fi eld line. Sidney
Duprey came in to pitch, and McCon-
nell singled to center, driving in Ko-
pach. The AquaSox had an 8-4 lead.
Everett added three runs in the
eighth. Hoover walked and went
to second on a wild pitch. Raleigh
walked, and Zach Becherer took the
mound. A base on balls to Stowers
loaded the bases. Rodriguez doubled
to left, clearing the bases.
Salem-Keizer loaded the bases in
the eighth but failed to score. Rinco-
nes hit a one-out double to right, and
after another out Villar walked. Jamal
Wade then took the mound, and Me-
drano singled to right. However, a
ground out ended the inning.
The Volcanoes kept fi ghting in the
ninth.
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